The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-06

Red Sea. l have discovered that NJ.
eniy 90 Il not know how to farm. hu
that very few OF us in the hilly p;:r: o
South Carolina do. We a:e land
butchers, not farmers. We are over
s2ers far worse than Irish landlords
and the negroes are eating rs out 0
houses and homes, while we follow III,
old anJe-bellum system, but strive attel
money 10 buy a living, instead OF making
The living at home. Our lands, too, alt
going down the rivers and RAPIDLY dc
tesiorating IN intrinsic value by faiss
farEairg.
Now, whether this cover true tale
SLOWS me 10 be 9 ''failure@ or not youl
readers must decide, l was ''5:ina and
telI in the ditch. The question is
vhetber am likely to lead others into
the same ditch or not. They say ''re-
;olmed d,unEards make the best tenn
nsrance lecturers, and I an fully quail
.;ed 10 iuveigh against the errors OF oul
farming for [ have experienced them ali.
Some men never learn even from eXpe-
rieIce, but J feel an Well qualified 10
peach this crusade. do aot care Jig
abou. getting or the board Of ascicul-
ti;.a, noc DO / need or desire 10 travel to
make up my mind II regard to agricil-
:urai colleges. I know those Cf 7ichi-
gan and -3siissiSsippi are grand successes,
and ! have Gen. Stephen D. Lees re-
port OF his examination into the work
ingS OF those % Kansas, iowa aud Mich
gan, which l VIII get the News and
Ccur.;r 20 publish before the Leg .sla-
iHce meets &sain ior II Information.
Is for leading the farmers OF tie
STATE, inve never made any such
chm! st;2.cii ont at Esn4ettsville
Uoldly and alone TO expose some hun
6ug>, poiIt out needed reforms sc0 to
demand justice for :aI1aers. | have
some rights as G taxpayer, which are
invaded, and give euttelaace only to my
hoDess sentiments. Ii | am q ''leader
tie people have made me 50, for i GER
tajn!y mad 10 followers when started,
anG ii was predetermined whether | would
ever have any. E.,t believed was
riea5. ana think 50 still, an,; so be-
ieving, viii continue the fight rs long
as tie people viii back rle. I only wish
was 50 situated that l could 60 more
among tHem aud talk face to fsc2.
Now, let Us see ahou: the LIS: Conven-
Tor. witch met III November. Ihe basis
Uf representation S'the same as that of
TIE General assembly, 159. Charleston,
whicl. waS entitled to i, having no
farmers except on James Island: oniv
sent , DeaGioGt ard Georgetown was
100 Sga2se;y populated WITH white people
20 organize farmers, clubs, aGA Horny
iia@ hardy heard uf the Farmers llovc
.ce4t ~, | reckon, eXee:;t through
S.-atpc Sjl-:i,n mi It's members oi the
aou$@. There weic over one hundred
otner delegates, al the other counties
h@i2g represented, except Aiken. Barn
web, Hampton and York; ard if Sensi-
tor Talbert and ] were the only repre-
seuta@;yes from the Fifth Congressional
District, mores the pity. The Ccnyen-
ton was respectable. E2t.... Il SIZE and
ability, evec though Col. Eoumaas
claims that he and lis friends have
none poly ui responsibility. The
-\ch = Il1itk \CI:Lt-1 SILK II ".>S q >'SN-
cess. The thousands Of farmers who
were il C0lunbia" were attending tie
Fair, and were 100 intent On that to at
tend the sessions OF the Convention.
Initiating his friends and trainer, the
Commissioner OF Agriculture, Col. You
mans next catalogues the members OF
the board, and on tie .heoly that the
s.king can Go no wrong" clears them
OF blame because they are al honor
able men" This ''plle Of honorabies,
topped OF with q Governor, has beer
thrown at me once before, but it cannot
erase the record. But Governor Hagood
has had 10 connection with the board
during the time when the "incom-
petence and extravaganza have been SO
rampant. all CT this has been since
1884, Governor Thompson | have al
ways respected as a mere tgure-hcad on
the board, who took no interest or con-
trol in Us affairs, and in truth | am
afraid that has been The trouble with ali
OF them. But while the commissioner
may be the real culprit il the matter,
the law makes the board the controlling
power and they must bear or share the
blame.
Dr.. Popes three for q quarter COM
m;ttee, Self-appointed and therefore Linz
tied, is next brought II by Senator You
mans to eXonerate the boar>! by It's
"whitewashing" report. i can only guess
now thar report came to he made. The
able ''staGstician" who proved that
South Carolina was sos, coo, coo better off
in So thanin 50, and who clerks for the
doubtless furnished the
''fsures'' and data. There was evidently
20 investigation. But from whatever
cause, Newberry's able representative
vas fooled and that hal!F. The next
dcv after !: was made TO the economic
caucus, SO called, my expose Of the ex
penditures in the Agricultural Depart
mcnt came cat IL the News ard Courier,
ard the House, Ignoring Dr. Popes re-
port, at oHcc passed bill to take the
control Of tie privilege tax from The
board and limit It's expenditures to q
certain sam appropriated on estimates
submitted. Ii.is bI:i Tie Senate, :. .Ia-
iority OF which seems 70 belong to the
Commissioner and to the CooSaw klng,
Senator Srnythe, refused to pass, main:S
through the manipulationG Of Messrs.
SmytSe ana Youmans. The Senator
ron Charleston had received from the
Department several thousand dollars III
fees for the s:Chisolm Island lawsuit,
md K vas tickle lie and III tickle
you. 50 ;or two years il Succession
ssIeso Two worthy Senators have bl0ckeG;
-, ef.@r:s o5 the House to enforce econ
,..ly IL the Agricultural Department. Ii
>. - be nresrlrLls.,i t:lst Col Ioumans eX-